A Traveling Blog - Having Fun Flying Solo
This is a friend’s blog post about a fun one-day shopping trip we did in Thailand, just across the Poipet border from Cambodia.
Not a clear photo but had to post, love the salesman poking his head out to see what the crazy “barangs” (Westerners) are up to. There were ants in the dress I was trying on and I was being attacked!
For more great posts about Cambodia please check out my friend’s blog by clicking here:
My 20th time within your tight embrace and still you have me in awe. You still hold me enthralled at your share size, your complexities and your openness to anything, anybody and anytime.Read More
The seat is not that comfortable, built for short rather than long term stays. They’re lined up in a row, in groups of four with dark, slippery vinyl covering.Read More
I spent two weeks in Sumatra in April 2015 and really found it an awesome place to travel solo. The people are gentle and kind and the local transport made it a breeze to get around. I visited; Berestagi and the volcano, stunning Lake Toba, the thrill of the Orangatangs in Bukit Lawang and the interesting for history and beaches, Banda Aceh.Read More
I lived in SouthEast Asia in a tourist town. Millions of people from all over the world come to visit that place every year, ticking the boxes on their travel the world project.
I lived there and it was pretty much just like living anywhere else, in some ways.Read More
Traveling is very much about fully engaging the senses in the current space and time in an attempt to file away that moment’s reality for future use. Travelers are gathering together for themselves their own collection of facts, fiction, images, and puzzles. A source of memories to be brought out later; for sharing, to foster contemplation and to provide the fodder for comparisons.Read More
It felt pretty amazing having someone ask to write about what I was doing . . . this link takes you to a blog site where a university student published her assignment on what I was doing in Cambodia.
Check it out for another persons take on how she saw my life and undertaking in running a social enterprise in a developing country.
Thoughts and advice two weeks in on my move to Cambodia, circa 2009.Read More
